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Tongue Thai'd ~ Lesson 2
Some basic question words - and excuses and apologies for when things go wrong.
In Thai there is no punctuation ( full stops, capitalisation, commas etc ) - the ‘?’s
used here are just here to remind you that these are question words.
| Basic
Question words |
| English |
Thai pronunciation |
| Who ? |
Krai ? |
| What ? |
Arai ? |
| When ? |
Meua-rai? |
| Where ? |
Nai? / Thi-nai? |
| Why ? |
Tham-mai? |
| Which ? |
Yangai? / Yaang-rai? |
| How ? |
Ahn nai? |
| How far is it ? |
Klai sak thao-rai? |
| How long ? |
Naan Tao rai ? |
| How much is it ? |
Tao rai ? |
| How many + noun ? |
Ki + noun |
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Excuses and Apologies |
| English |
Thai Pronunciation |
| I'm sorry |
khor-thod |
| Excuse me for being late |
khor-thod-thee-ma-sai |
| I'm awfully sorry |
khor-thod-phom-sia-jai-mak. |
| Forgive me please / Pardon me |
Phom-khor-thod |
| Sorry for keeping you waiting |
Khor-thod-thee-hai-khung-thong-khoi |
| Sorry for disturbing you |
Phom-khor-thod-thee-tong-rob-kuan-khun |
| That's OK / Don't worry about it |
mai pen rai. |
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